Read it and Weep: "After mocking it as an 'egghead' pursuit, Rainbow Dash discovers the joys of reading while laid up in Ponyville Hospital. Can she finish her book before her friends discover her secret?"

For some reason, the Reading Rainbow theme song is running through my mind.

I have a feeling it will be less an injury, as RD has been shown to not suffer those all that easily, and more likely a virus of some sort. Then again, considering how in that teaser her mental image of herself had a bandaged wing it could very well be a wing injury.

They have been consistent in showing her ability to break things by crashing into them though, so it will probably be something completely off the wall that hurts her.

If it's just one book, then it may be a volume of several short stories and/or fairy tales. I doubt the writer would be satisfied with just parodying one thing throughout the whole episode. As good as Indiana Jones is, there's a lot of other potential candidates out there. That particular scene out of Raiders of the Lost Ark is a popular one for parody; The Simpsons is just one other series that's done it.

I liked that ep, though the second half was far superior to the first half. The first half could have easily been condensed, seeing as it was some pretty predictable Indiana Jones homages. It got a lot more interesting once Rainbow Dash was reduced to petty theft!

Also I loved Twilight's line at the end "Well I'm glad that's what this is about!" in relation to Dash turning up on her doorstep being chased by doctors and wearing a burglar's outfit :v What else could she have been up to?

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Pulpified.[pao] 8:01 am: Nayuki, is the film grain and color adjustment here added in post, or do you work with that directly in Flash?[Guardian Prime] 8:02 am: Dun Dun DUNNNNNN[Rezo] 8:02 am: egghead~[Nayuki] 8:02 am: film grain and stuff is afx post production stuff[pao] 8:02 am: thanks[Dvandom] 8:03 am: Dashie is gonna have to start fighting Hank Pym.[scavgraphics] 8:03 am: [scavgraphics] 8:04 am: so, Ponies have band-aids, x-rays, heart monitors, and ikea tech so far[The Well]: Blueshift has entered at 8:05 am[Blueshift] 8:05 am: Oh hey that works[Blueshift] 8:05 am: yoyo[scavgraphics] 8:05 am: ooh, that flim grain is subtle[Dvandom] 8:05 am: Who feeds the ceilinggators?[scavgraphics] 8:05 am: i had thought it was just my lousy tv[Dvandom] 8:06 am: Battleship product placement[scavgraphics] 8:06 am: Go See our new movie![Dvandom] 8:06 am: Horsey sound....[The Well]: Blueshift has left at 8:06 am[pao] 8:07 am: great fake snoring face[scavgraphics] 8:08 am: how long til rules and bord of that game re online?[Dvandom] 8:08 am: It strikes me that most of these traps would be useless against an uninjured pegasus.[pao] 8:09 am: if this predates the unification of the tribes, then pegasus defense may not have been a priority?[Dvandom] 8:10 am: Of course, her lack of flying might have meant she didn't trip other traps (the ceilinggators do seem better positioned against pegasi).[pao] 8:10 am: true[Dvandom] 8:11 am: WHAT is this dude?[Dvandom] 8:11 am: Ahuizotl[pao] 8:11 am: took me a minute to find his eyes[pao] 8:12 am: have we seen the firefly lantern before?[Dvandom] 8:12 am: Ahuixotl, I mean.[Nayuki] 8:12 am: I'll check the spelling later[Dvandom] 8:12 am: Now a caper to steal the book from Twi....[Rezo] 8:13 am: The beetles leaving the lamp was a beautiful touch~[Rezo] 8:13 am: And the villain in that bok sure is thorough[scavgraphics] 8:13 am: so..they have electric lights and wheelchairs..but use fireflies as portable ligthsource?[Dvandom] 8:13 am: Maybe Ahuixotl is Aztec for "The Gilded Lily".[Rezo] 8:13 am: liked the heat wave effect when the lava appeared, too[Dvandom] 8:14 am: Scav, would you deny jobs to hard-working fireflies?[scavgraphics] 8:15 am: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahuitzotl[Nayuki] 8:16 am: shoot, don't have it with me so I'm not 100% sure, but I think the spelling was Ahuizotl and Daring Do.[Dvandom] 8:16 am: Why, Fireflies have been in Equestria since the founding. The Fireflies came over on the horseflies.[Dvandom] 8:17 am: Now three heart-cross ponies.[pao] 8:17 am: https://en.wikipedia...zotl_(creature) (reading through Scav's link)[scavgraphics] 8:17 am: Pony Ninjas, confirmed[Dvandom] 8:17 am: Reused chicken nomming sound.[Rezo] 8:17 am: NINJAS[pao] 8:18 am: and ninja reading[Annomaniac] 8:18 am: pony guard, confirmed.[pao] 8:18 am: the staff at this hospital is seriously on-call[Dvandom] 8:18 am: Ninja suit that doesn't conceal rainbow tail is not so useful....[pao] 8:19 am: wtf[Dvandom] 8:19 am: Oh dear.[scavgraphics] 8:19 am: hah[Dvandom] 8:19 am: Woof[Guardian Prime] 8:20 am: Busted[Dvandom] 8:20 am: Now we know this week's flood of fan art. Daring Do loses out to Screwball II.[pao] 8:20 am: it is, after all, a library[Dvandom] 8:20 am: Reading is fun and mental.[Rezo] 8:20 am: >Twilight actrually doing what a librarian does[scavgraphics] 8:21 am: awkward pause[Rezo] 8:21 am: how unusual[pao] 8:23 am: will have to be up early next week, sounds like[scavgraphics] 8:24 am: good job as always Nayuki[Nayuki] 8:25 am: thanks, I had a lot of fun on this one (well, I have fun working on all of them)[scavgraphics] 8:25 am: http://en.wikipedia....zotl_(creature)[scavgraphics] 8:25 am: It was described as dog-like, with hands capable of manipulation and an additional hand on its tail.[Rezo] 8:25 am: Accurate portrayal, here.[pao] 8:26 am: yeah, nice work bringing that one to life[Dvandom] 8:26 am: The nostril-eyes being a bit of a twist on it.[pao] 8:27 am: and I appreciate the writers looking to all cultures for fantastic creatures[scavgraphics] 8:27 am: And an entry will get to be added to the page![scavgraphics] 8:29 am: wiki test[scavgraphics] 8:29 am: weird[Rezo] 8:29 am: Curiously, short of ahuitzotl, the creatures in the novel series are noticeably less dangerous than what the population of ponyville has living in its immediate vicinity[scavgraphics] 8:30 am: well, it's fantasy[Dvandom] 8:30 am: True[scavgraphics] 8:30 am: an escape from the horifiying reality of every day life[The Well]: dslppcity153 has left at 8:30 am[Dvandom] 8:31 am: Maybe it's written by pegasi, with a sort of twisted view of what Earth Ponies have to deal with?[Rezo] 8:33 am: hm[Rezo] 8:33 am: makes sense[Dvandom] 8:33 am: Kinda like how Oracle is miswritten by people who have no idea how a real wheelchair works. 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I gotta say that I like this one.Notes:Bored Dash montage - great.Gotta love a good Indiana Jones parody.Tigers, Panthers, Lynx, and Leopards don't belong together. But this IS a book of pulp adventure, so...Ceiling Gators are best trap ever."Forget it, I'm just going to grab the idol."Rainbow reading all night under the covers with a flashlight lantern (nice touch with the fireflies). Hands up if you've done that!Scenes with Dash trying to get rid of her friends are okay... but the adventure scenes are better.However, Cloudsdale Battleship is going to have a ruleset before the day is out, I'm sure of that.I'm told that the villain is an Ahuizotl from Aztec mythology, accurate down to the nose-eyes and tail-hand.I gotta love the Doc. A case of lazyitus indeed! We need a name for him, stat!Ninja Dash is a great scene. I love how she's essentially acting out the book. Speaking of which...Dash: Vine swing across the river!Others: Use the bridge!Is the barking pony related to Screwball any? I guess she got out of the Mental ward. I hereby dub her Loose Screw.Decent moral, not heavy handed, and not essential, so no time wasted on this.I believe this is the first time we've seen the inside of Dash's house?

Still wish there was a Reading Rainbow parody song. Oh well, can't win them all.

Oh no! I didn't like it too much! I can totally relate to Dash staying up late to read and loving a story to bits but, well, I suppose it's just that the Daring Do book wouldn't be the kind of book that would do that for me. (she should have gone hand to hand with that creeeeeepy monster. I thought for sure Daring have a physical confrontation with him since he was such a uniquely designed new character. But she didn't even get to kick him.)

Wouldn't not sleeping at all affect her healing? I was expecting the Doc to notice and scold Dash that she's sabotaging herself. But, yeah, plot.

BTW, if kids don't know Indiana Jones anymore, at least they can use Tomb Raider as their adventure frame of reference.

I was staring at Daring and I kept thinking she was Dash and Twilight mashed together. Who voiced Daring anyhow?

"I'm an egghead." Loved that but I wonder if another term could have been used. I'm glad it wasn't nerd though. Nerds are cool already.